Iskenderun
Meanings
name
- A port city in Hatay Province, southeastern Turkey.
Word forms
Etymology
From Turkish İskenderun and Ottoman Turkish إسكندرون (İskenderun), from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔIskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of Alexandria, Alexandretta, Kandahar, and Scandaroon.
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